Anti-developmental patrimonialism in Zimbabwe

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
Zimbabwe
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
First published:
1 January 2012
Authors:
Kelsall, T. and Dawson, M.

Abstract

Research on investment climates and economic growth in developing countries is shifting from institutional 鈥榖est practices鈥� towards ways in which developmentally successful regimes make use of economic rents. After discussing rent flows in Zimbabwe's history, the paper concludes that the country exhibits a pattern of centralised, short-term rent utilisation, with disastrous results, showing that the centralisation of rent-management by itself does not indicate a 鈥榙evelopmental patrimonialism鈥�.

This is an abridged version of M. Dawson and T. Kelsall (2011) Anti-developmental Patrimonialism in Zimbabwe. Working Paper 19: Africa Power and Politics Programme.

Citation

Dawson, M.; Kelsall, T. Anti-developmental patrimonialism in Zimbabwe. Journal of Contemporary African Studies (2012) 30 (1) 49-66. [Special Issue: Progress in Zimbabwe] [DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2012.643010]

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